Union Street Correlations

USPFX Fund  USD 34.52  0.46  1.32%   
The current 90-days correlation between Union Street Partners and Qs Global Equity is 0.48 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Union Street is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random.

Union Street Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Union Street Partners and DJI is 0.83 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Union Street Partners and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Union Mutual Fund

  0.83USPCX Union Street PartnersPairCorr
  0.96USPVX Union Street PartnersPairCorr
  0.95VVIAX Vanguard Value IndexPairCorr
  0.86AWSHX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.86WSHCX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.89WSHFX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.92DODGX Dodge Stock FundPairCorr
  0.85AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.88AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.86FSMMX Fs Multi StrategyPairCorr
  0.9BTMPX Ishares Msci EafePairCorr
  0.94BTMKX Blackrock InternationalPairCorr
  0.94MDIIX Blackrock Intern IndexPairCorr
  0.94RAFCX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.87THMGX Thornburg InvestmentPairCorr
  0.86FDSCX Fidelity Stock SelectorPairCorr
  0.93ONECX Jpmorgan Investor GrowthPairCorr
  0.83IIINX Thrivent OpportunityPairCorr
  0.84VEIRX Vanguard Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.62JSHSX Janus Short TermPairCorr
  0.75SCHLX Deutsche Health AndPairCorr
  0.92DHTYX Diamond Hill AllPairCorr
  0.95GMVRX Goldman Sachs SmallmidPairCorr
  0.86TLXNX Tiaa Cref LifecyclePairCorr
  0.69FSCSX Software And ItPairCorr
  0.93WINDX Wilshire 5000 IndexPairCorr
  0.9AMCPX Amcap Fund ClassPairCorr
  0.82MFQTX Amg Fq TaxPairCorr
  0.89MXCCX Federated Max CapPairCorr

Moving against Union Mutual Fund

  0.42AMRMX American MutualPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Union Mutual Fund performing well and Union Street Mutual Fund doing well as a business compared to the competition. There are so many exceptions to the norm that investors cannot definitively determine what's good or bad unless they analyze Union Street's multiple risk-adjusted performance indicators across the competitive landscape. These indicators are quantitative in nature and help investors forecast volatility and risk-adjusted expected returns across various positions.